Resources for Surgeons

Surgical Palliative Care

The ACS has resources for members to incorporate the precepts and techniques of palliative care into surgical clinical practice, education, research, and advocacy.

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Surgical Palliative Care is dedicated to improving the quality of surgical care of individuals, families, and populations facing serious illness, disability, death and bereavement. Through education, research, and advocacy our mission is to advance the integration of palliative care into surgical practice throughout the spectrum of surgical disease.

White Papers

Surgery, Palliative Care, and the American College of Surgeons

Principles and Core Competencies of Surgical Palliative Care: An Overview

Statements

Statement of Principles of Palliative Care

This statement describes extending palliative care to a broad range of patients receiving surgical care.

Advance Directives by Patients: "Do Not Resuscitate" in the Operating Room

Advance directives, including DNR orders and requests, are being used with increasing frequency and may complicate the operative consent process.

ACS Publications & Resources

Surgical Palliative Care: Considerations for Career Development in Surgery and Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Surgical palliative care has garnered increasing attention from both surgical residents and practicing surgeons.

Surgical Palliative Care Webinar

This webinar will address improving end-of-life care for surgical patients and difficult issues for those patients and their families.